Billiard-table construction.



F. P. GRODE.

BILLIARD TABLE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 23. 1916.

1,2Qc3,161 Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Z SHEETS-SHEET1 F. P. GRODE.

BIL'LIARD TABLE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 23.1916.

Patented Oct. 16,1917.

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, 1%mw P 61. 01212 iisrr To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK P. Gnonn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Table lonstructions, of which the following is a full and exact specification. The present invention relates to billiard table improvements, and aims to provide a knockdown construction wherein all the parts are of an interchangeable standard character. neat and compact metallic construction of simple design, strong and durable but as light in weight as practicable, and which shall be economical to manufacture.

With these and'other objects in view as will appear in the course of the specification, the invention will now be described in detail in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating one'form of embodiment of the same, after which those features and combinations of parts deemed to be novel will be severally set forth and defined in the appended claims.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan View of a billiard table construction embodying the present improvements; V

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1, with the top of the table represented in dotted lines;

. Fig. 3 is a transverse section On the line TIL-III of Fig. 1, taken on a larger scale;

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary section on the line IVIV of Fig. 1, also on a larger scale;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section on the line VV of Fig. 2; and V Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a clamping plate member hereinafter referred to.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the same illustrate a construction in which the parts of thebody or bed-supporting frame are stamped out of suitable sheet metal to form duplicate side members 2- and duplicate end members 4., of the usual downwardly tapered contour, and each having at its top margin the horizontal outwardly proje cting flange 6 for receiving and supporting the top bed of the table, which latter is merely indicated. by the dotted lines 8 in Fig. 2. The ends of both saidside and end members are also formed with the inturned flange projections 10 adapted to be secured Specification of Letters Patent.

A further object is to devise a s ra rns ra'rnn 'r orrion FRANK 1P. GBODE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application filed June 23, 1916. Serial No. 105,374.

together at the corners of thetable by means of the bolts 12. At their bottom margins the side and end members are further formed with the horizontal inwardly projecting flanges 14: serving to provide a neat exterior finish to the bodyas well as a clamping ledge for attachingthe leg members hereinafter described.

A bridge construction of'duplicate interchangeable parts of channel cross-section is provided for securely and rigidly bracing the body frame from the interior thereof. This construction comprises a continuous diagonal bridge member 16, duplicate diagonal bridge sections 18, and duplicate transverse bridge sections 20. Those bridge elements which extend into the corners of the body frame are formed with flat end portions 22, cut to fit said corners and turned at suitable angles for adapting the same to be clamped to the corresponding flange projections 10 by means of certain of the bolts 12. The outer ends 24: of the transverse bridge sections 20 are welded to the interior faces of the side members 2 (thereby leaving their outer faces smooth), while the inner ends of said transverse sections 20 as Well as of the diagonal sections 18 are provided with the plain flat portions 26 adapted to be clamped together and to the continuous bridge member 16 by means of the bolts 28, at substantially the center of the space inclosed by the body frame (see Fig. 53.

The leg members for supporting the body frame at its several corners are composed of duplicate and interchangeable parts, each leg member consisting of a hollow upright section 30 of sheet metal and preferably of rectangular crosssection for harmonizing with the lines of the body frame; a cap section 32, and a base or floor-rest section 3 1, said cap and base sections being formed with the marginal grooves 36 for accommodating the upper and lower ends, respectively, of the upright section 30 (see Fig. These leg sections are all adapted to be clamped together in the relation shown by means of a centrally arranged bolt 38 provided with a nut 40 received within a pocket v452 formed in the cap section 32, a similar pocket 44: being provided in the base section 34:.for countersinking the head of said bolt. The bolt is of sufficient length for mounting a second nut 46 thereon, so that a single bolt may be utilized both for its clamping the leg sections together and for securing the same to the horizontal flange projections 1% at the 'coine'r's. This second nut 4-6 engages a plate 48 provided W iththe bolt opening 50 for the bolt 88, said plate resting upon the top faoesof the flanges 14k and secured thereto, as by bolts 51, Within the corresponding corner tree body frame, and being provided further with a dowel projectioii '52 of 'suliic'ieht length to an o' aening 5% in the "corresponding o'ap sec tioji for lio'ldin'gthe leg againstfa-nyrotative tendency. {one cornerof the plate 48 also formed with a depending boss 56 of the same thicknesses the flange 14, to engage the cap section and act as a spacing element and thereby hold the plate in proper horizontal position; II I I I I It Will thus beapparent' that a simple, neat and "atti'acti\ e, as ell as strong, rigid and I durable construction has "been devised for fulfilling the objectsof the invention. important feature of the improvements liesi in the interchangeabilityfof the various duplicate parts, these being made up to i "(1 rd pattern's'and fitting in any of the analogous positions for Which they are designed. QThe eonstruction also enables the exterior "thereof to 'ke'pt "perfectly smooth, and the arrangement of the omer joints provides a strong reinforcement of the frame these points by virtue of the inturne'd flange portions 10 secured together throughout the depth of the body. The strt cture made'as light as practicable consistent With 'strengthand durability, and the duplicate 'inter chaiigeable part feature renders the same extremely economical and inex jensive to 'ni'ariufa cture. I

While the foregoing represents What is now deemed to constitute the preferred form OfembOdiinentOftHe invention, the right is reserved to all sueh formal changes Sand modificationsas may *fairly fall Within the scopeof the appended claims.

'Claims: I

flaA billiard table constructioncomprising,'in combination, duplicate side and end body 'memb'ers, two of the diagonally opposite corners of said body [members being connected by a continuous diagonal bricl'ge member, and duplicate diagonal bridge sections connecting the remaining body corners Withlanintermediatepoint of said bridge 1nember. I I

2. A billiard'tablebonstruction compris ing, in'combination, duplicate side andend body members, tWo. of the diagonallyopposite corners of I said body members being connectedby a continuous diagonal bridge n i'einber, I duplicate transverse bridge sections connecting. said side body "members Withan intermediate pointof said'bridge member, and duplicate diagonal bridge sections connectin said point with the remaining corners of, said bridge members.

3. A billiard tableconstruction comprisin combination, a body frame, and interchangeable leg members at the corners of said frame, said leg members being each made up in sections including a cap section having its new edges pro ect1ng and forming an exposed ornamental margin for the" top of the leg member along the corner lines of the frame, and provided with means for eemciebr I clamping the margin of the frame 'z'i't'said corners'the-reofw 4. A billiard tableconstr'uction compriss,

iorizontal flange projections at the corners thereof, and interchangeable leg meml'aers each made up in sections including a cap incombination, a "body frame having seet'ion having its outer edges p'rojeet-in-g and forming 'an exposed ornamental margin for the top of the member a lon-g' tl e cori'ier-lines of the ffraine, =aiid provi-dec l'vvith n'ieans for detachably elam-p'i'iig flan'ge pi'o jeotioiis at said corhers of the rame.

'5'. A billiard table coilstru dtion' cdm p 's' ing, in combination, a body frame having horizontal flan pi oje otio'ns at the bo'riiers thereof, {intei changeable le'g members adapted to be clamped to the corners of said frame,"e'ac'h leginember comprising an upri-gllt hollow 's'eotifiin and a 'cap 'sectibn 'ha ving its *oiitr edges "projecting and forming an ex esed ername'nta'l for the top of the leg member andpro vided With aina'rginal channel for seatin-g the upperedge of the leg member, and means for clamping said leg-'- s'eetions together 'yv-ith 'said "cap section in clamping 'engagement with "said flange projections. i

'6. billiard table eonstruction comprisiiig, in "combination, body frame, interchangeable members at the corne'rs of said frame, said leg members each comprising 1 an upright hollow section, aeap section and base seotiohfthe out'e'r edges of said cap section projecting and formingeXposedprnamental margiiis for the tops of said "leg members, said cap and "base sections being provided with 'marginal' channels for-s'ating the upper andlbiver edges, respectively, of said uprightsections, and means "for c'lamping sfaidflg "section's together with said cap [sections detachably eng'aged "with the margin of said frame *atiiihe corners frame, each {leg iiiember Comprising i an flipright hollowr'sectm'n an-exposed ornamental cap fsetion a 5 base"I seetioh, a bolt fan'd I nutj for clampiiig said leg sections together,

and a plate member resting on said flange projections at each of said corners, each of said bolts being also provided with a nut for clamping the plate and cap section of the corresponding leg member in engagement with said flange projections.

8. A billiard table construction comprising, in combination, a body frame having horizontal flange projections at the corners thereof, duplicate interchangeable leg members adapted to be clamped to the corners of said frame, said leg members being made up of duplicate interchangeable sections and each leg member comprising an upright hollow section, a cap section and a base section, a plate member resting on said flange projections at each of said corners and formed with a spacing boss of the thickness of said projections for engagement with the adjoining leg member, and means for clamping said leg sections together with the cap section and corresponding plate member in clamping engagement with said flange projections.

9. A billiard table construction comprising, in combination, a body frame having horizontal flange projections at the corners thereof, duplicate interchangeable leg members adapted to be clamped to the corners of said frame, each of said leg members comprising an upright hollow section, a cap section and a base section, a plate member resting on said flange projections at each of said corners and provided with a dowel for detachable engagement with the cap section of the adjoining leg member, and means for clamping together the leg sections of each leg member with its cap section and corresponding plate member in clamping engagement with said flange projections.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

FRANK P. GRODE.

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